2175 Cherry Avenue • Signal Hill, California 90755-3799
CITY OF SIGNAL HILL
THE CITY OF SIGNAL HILL
WELCOMES YOU TO A REGULAR
CITY COUNCIL MEETING
September 09, 2025
The City of Signal Hill appreciates your attendance. Public interest provides the Council and Agency with valuable information regarding issues of the community. Regular meetings are held on the 2nd and 4th Tuesday of every month.
Regular meetings begin at 6:00 pm with the conduct of any business permitted to be conducted in closed session by the Brown Act (Government Code Section 54950, et seq.), if any, and with the public portion of the meeting beginning at 7:00 pm. There is a period for public comment on closed session matters at 6:00 pm prior to the closed session. In the event there is no business to be conducted in closed session, the Regular meeting shall begin at 7:00 pm. There is a public comment period at the beginning of the Regular meeting. Any person wishing to comment shall be allotted three minutes per distinct item. Any meeting may be adjourned to a time and place stated in the order of adjournment.
The agenda is posted 72 hours prior to each meeting on the City’s website and outside of City Hall. The agenda and related reports are also available for review online at www.cityofsignalhill.org.
To view the meeting live at 7:00 p.m.:
• City of Signal Hill website at www.cityofsignalhill.org, select the City Council Meetings Link from the home page.
• Charter Spectrum Channel 74 or Frontier FiOS Channel 38.
To participate (closed session at 6:00 p.m. and regular meeting at 7:00 p.m.):
• In-person Participation: Council Chamber of City Hall, 2175 Cherry Avenue, Signal Hill, California.
• To make a general public comment or comment on a specific agenda item, you may also submit your comment, limited to 250 words or less, to the City Clerk at [email protected] not later than 5:00 p.m. on Tuesday, September 9, 2025.
Written comments will be provided electronically to the City Council and attached to the meeting minutes. Written comments will not be read into the record.
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City Council Members are compensated $794.40 per month. City Clerk and City Treasurer are compensated $482.04 per month.
(1) CALL TO ORDER – IT IS ANTICIPATED THAT CLOSED SESSION WILL BEGIN AT 6:30 P.M.
(2) ROLL CALL
MAYOR JONES
VICE MAYOR HANSEN
COUNCIL MEMBER COPELAND
COUNCIL MEMBER HONEYCUTT
COUNCIL MEMBER WOODS
(3) CLOSED SESSION - IT IS ANTICIPATED THAT CLOSED SESSION WILL BEGIN AT 6:30 P.M.
a. A CLOSED SESSION WILL BE HELD PURSUANT TO GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 54956.9(D)(2).
CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL – ANTICIPATED LITIGATION
SIGNIFICANT EXPOSURE TO LITIGATION PURSUANT TO GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 54956.9(D)(2).
NUMBER OF POTENTIAL CASES: 1
(4) PUBLIC BUSINESS FROM THE FLOOR ON CLOSED SESSION ITEMS (5) RECESS TO CLOSED SESSION
(6) RECONVENE REGULAR MEETING – 7:00 P.M.
(7) PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
(8) CLOSED SESSION REPORT
(9) PUBLIC BUSINESS FROM THE FLOOR ON ITEMS NOT LISTED ON THE AGENDA (SPEAKERS WILL BE GIVEN THREE MINUTES FOR EACH DISTINCT ITEM) (10) PRESENTATIONS
a. LIBRARIAN GELLI NOCON WILL PROVIDE A PRESENTATION ABOUT
SCHEDULED PROGRAMMING TO COMMEMORATE HISPANIC HERITAGE
MONTH.
b. A REPRESENTATIVE FROM RANCHO LOS CERRITOS WILL PROVIDE A
BRIEF OVERVIEW OF THE UPCOMING RANCHOS WALK ON SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 2025.
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c. COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR COLLEEN DOAN WILL
INTRODUCE THE CODE COMPLIANCE OFFICER, GUS ALONSO, WHO
BEGAN FULL TIME SERVICE TO THE CITY ON JUNE 23, 2025.
d. A REPRESENTATIVE FROM THE LOS ANGELES COUNTY SANITATION
DISTRICTS WILL PROVIDE INFORMATION AND AN UPDATE ON THE COUNTY’S ONGOING SPRING STREET PUMPING PLANT FACILITY
IMPROVEMENTS PROJECT. THIS PROJECT IS LOCATED INSIDE THE DODGE CAR DEALERSHIP AT 2100 EAST SPRING STREET IN SIGNAL HILL.
(11) CITY MANAGER REPORTS
a. PROPOSED ADOPTION OF A RELOCATION PLAN AND A BUDGET
ADJUSTMENT TO PROVIDE RELOCATION ASSISTANCE FOR THE
TENANTS OF 1975 EAST 21 STREET AND 2107 CHERRY AVENUE, SIGNAL HILL, CA 90755
Summary:
On April 22, 2025, the City Council approved the acquisition of the properties located at 1975 East 21st Street and 2107 Cherry Avenue. The City’s acquisition supports the Civic Center Master Plan in guiding future investments in open space and recreational facilities, and advances the City’s long-term goal of acquiring housing units along the 21st Street block adjacent to Signal Hill Park.
The City’s property includes two residential units and one commercial unit.
Pursuant to State law, the City is required to provide relocation benefits and worked with a consultant, Monument Right of Way Services (Monument), to develop a Relocation Plan. Staff is requesting the City Council adopt a Resolution to approve the Relocation Plan and appropriate funds. The total cost of relocation benefits, as estimated by Monument, is $123,167, which includes $111,970 in benefits payments and a 10% contingency of $11,197. The recommended actions also include a budget appropriation to cover the estimated cost of relocation assistance. Subject to City Council approval of the Relocation Plan, Monument would issue updated Notices of Eligibility and 90-Day Notices to Vacate in September 2025.
Strategic Plan Goal(s):
Goal No. 2 Community Safety: Maintain community safety by supporting public safety services and increasing emergency preparedness.
Goal No. 3 Economic & Downtown Development: Improve the local economy, support local businesses, and create a vibrant downtown core.
Goal No. 5 High-Functioning Government: Strengthen internal communication, recruitment, retention, systems, and processes to increase the
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effectiveness and efficiency of City services.
Recommendation:
Adopt a Resolution, entitled:
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SIGNAL
HILL, CALIFORNIA, APPROVING A RELOCATION PLAN AND
RELOCATION ASSISTANCE FOR THE TENANTS OF 1975 EAST 21
STREET AND 2107 CHERRY AVENUE, SIGNAL HILL, CA 90755.
2. Adopt a Resolution, entitled:
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SIGNAL
HILL, CALIFORNIA, AMENDING THE ADOPTED BUDGET AND
AUTHORIZING BUDGET APPROPRIATIONS FOR FISCAL YEAR
2025-2026.
b. POTENTIAL DESIGNATION OF AN ANNUAL JESSIE NELSON DAY OF
REMEMBRANCE
Summary:
At the City Council meeting of August 26, 2025, Mayor Jones received support from Council Member Woods to enable further discussion of designating a day in April as annual recognition as Jessie Nelson Day of Remembrance. Staff is placing this item on the agenda pursuant to the City Council’s adopted policy and has not provided analysis of the request. This agenda item provides the City Council with the opportunity to discuss the item further and provide direction to staff as desired.
Strategic Plan Goal(s):
Goal No. 5: High-Functioning Government: Strengthen internal communication, recruitment, retention, systems, and processes to increase the effectiveness and efficiency of City services.
Recommendation:
Discuss the proposed City Council request and provide direction to staff as desired.
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(12) CONSENT CALENDAR
The following Consent Calendar items are expected to be routine and non-controversial. Items will be acted upon by the Council at one time without discussion. Any item may be removed by a Council Member for discussion. a. SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS AND MONTHLY TRANSACTION REPORT Summary:
The Schedule of Investments is a listing of funds invested for both the City and the Successor Agency to the former Signal Hill Redevelopment Agency as of the date shown in the report. The monthly transaction report provides a list of the changes in investments for the prior month.
Strategic Goal(s):
Goal No. 1 Financial Stability: Ensure the City’s long-term financial stability and resilience.
Recommendation:
Receive and file.
b. WARRANT REGISTER PRESENTED SEPTEMBER 9, 2025
Summary:
The Warrant Register is a listing of all general disbursements issued since the prior warrant register and are requested to be approved by the City Council.
Strategic Plan Goal(s):
Goal No. 1 Financial Stability: Ensure the City’s long-term financial stability and resilience.
Recommendation:
Authorize payment of the Warrant Registers presented September 9, 2025. c. APPROVAL OF MEETING MINUTES
Summary:
Regular Meeting of August 26, 2025.
Strategic Plan Goal(s):
Goal No. 5. High-Functioning Government: Strengthen internal communication, recruitment, retention, systems, and processes to increase the effectiveness and efficiency of City services.
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Recommendation:
Approve the meeting minutes.
(13) COUNCIL AGENDA--NEW BUSINESS
COUNCIL MEMBER WOODS
COUNCIL MEMBER HONEYCUTT
COUNCIL MEMBER COPELAND
VICE MAYOR HANSEN
MAYOR JONES
(14) ADJOURNMENT
Tonight’s meeting will be adjourned to the next Regular meeting of the Signal Hill City Council to be held on Tuesday, September 23, 2025, at 7:00 p.m., in the Council Chamber of City Hall, 2175 Cherry Avenue, Signal Hill, CA 90755.
PUBLIC PARTICIPATION
Routine matters are handled most quickly and efficiently if contact is made with the City department directly concerned. However, if you would like to request that a matter be presented for City Council consideration, you may do so by writing to the City Council, City Clerk, or City Manager. The deadline for agenda items is 12 noon on the Tuesday preceding the Council and Agency meetings. The complete agenda, including back up materials, is available on the City website on the Friday preceding the meeting.
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